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Title: The Johnson family visit the Dahoman village.
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Type of Resource: still image
Identifier: DP0015450_a (IID)
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Host Institution: UCF
Title: The Johnson family visit the Dahoman village.
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Image
Drawings
Cartoons (Commentary)
Newspaper Illustrations
Prints
Date Created: 1893
Extent: 2 pages
Language(s): English
Identifier: DP0015450 (IID)
Description: Cartoonist drawing representing an African American family at the World's Columbian Exposition. The caption under reads, “Eswell Johnson, stop shakin’ Han’s wid dat Heathen! You want De Hull Fair ter t’ink you’s found a Poo’ Relation?” The faces involved are not human, but monkey. It captures the racism of the time. In Harper's Weekly, issue unknown, page 797 and 798. Also includes articles "Firing sea-coast guns at unseen targets" and "By advertisement."
Digital Reproduction Specifications: Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries. Jpeg and Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.
Subject(s): World's Columbian Exposition
Families, Black
Racism in art
African Americans
Blacks
African Americans -- Collectibles
Harper's weekly
Racial bias
Black family
Black Americana
Chicago (Ill.)
1893
Held by: University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection & University Archives
Links: http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015450
Use and Reproduction: This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.
Host Institution: UCF
Is Part Of: African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection, 1794-2010.
UCF Special Collections Manuscripts - 5th Floor -- CFM2009_02
The Carol Mundy Collection Finding Aid
Is Part Of: Harper's Weekly.